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Diana Jackson

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Scotland

  • Our Dip into the Edinburgh Fringe

    We are only 40 minutes away from the capital of Scotland and so decided to pick up a brochure for the Fringe this year. Two events caught our eye: Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon at Edinburgh Planetarium, which we went to last Thursday. This was absolutely fab! We sat back, listened and watched…

  • ‘The Italian Chapel’ by Philip Paris ~ Diana’s July book review

    This book caught my eye in Waterstones because I’ve visited The Orkneys and the beautiful Italian Chapel, lovingly created by Italian prisoners of war in WW2. It was an act of true devotion. This book was well researched, filling in many details of the life of the men on the tiny island of Lamb Holm,…

  • Glasgow Book Club

    A recent very convincing email arrived in my inbox: Julia writes “Hello Diana Jackson, At The Glasgow Book Club, we often find ourselves talking about stories that linger long after the last page, the ones that mix emotion, history, and the unexpected in ways that keep readers thinking. Missing, Past and Present became part of…

  • Diana’s September Book Review ~ Monty Don’s My Garden World

    Monty Don’s book is a treasured gift from a special friend down in Bedfordshire. She knew my love for nature, gardening and the countryside, from our many walks and talks with our husbands and their dog over the years. It sits on my bedside table and I savour every moment, as I read about Monty’s…

  • Diana’s August Review ~ The Forgotten Shore by Sarah Maine

    This is the third of Sarah Maine’s novels I’ve read, and I chose it from the shelves of Kinghorn Library. The other two I bought in Kirkcaldy Waterstones a few years back. I have read both twice, in fact, because I enjoyed them so much. (Not a frequent occurrence for me) It is a two…

  • Diana’s May Review ~ The Stolen Hours by Karen Swan

    This is the second of Karen Swan’s novels set on St Kilda at the time of the evacuation, each from the point of view of one of the island girls. This time it is Mhairi Mac Kinnon who is in need of a husband and she is whisked of to the nearby island of Harris…

  • Introducing Friend and Fellow Author Hamish Brown

    Author Hamish Brown joined Eventispress for possibly his last book, at nearly 90 years of age. Having no access to the internet, a PC or a mobile phone, he was at a loss as to what to do with his completed manuscript when Sandstone Press closed as a publishing company last year ( they sell…

  • Fort George ~ Inverness

    It was poignant to visit the area where John Taylor, my step Great Grandfather was born, brought up and subsequently joined the army. We arrived at Fort George, near Inverness, which is on a peninsula jutting out into the Moray Firth, Scotland, opposite Rosemarkie on the Black Isle. Fort George is apparently the strongest fortified…